{"id":72625,"date":"2018-01-15T10:19:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T09:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/pin\/week-december-1-7\/"},"modified":"2018-01-15T10:19:35","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T09:19:35","slug":"week-december-1-7","status":"publish","type":"pin","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/pin\/week-december-1-7\/","title":{"rendered":"The week of December 1 \u2013 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Economy & Finance \u2013<\/strong> \u201cItalian economy is catching up\u201d. Bloomberg<\/em>\u2019s headline perfectly summed up this highlight, accompanying with a video interview with Claudio Costamagna<\/strong>, President of  Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (November 30 – Costamagna Says Italy Is Recovering Quickly<\/a>) and, according to the Financial Times<\/em> thanks to the country\u2019s macro economy, the asset management sector is also on the up and Mediobanca is taking advantage of the trend to strengthen its position (December 1 – Italy\u2019s Mediobanca launches private bank in asset management push<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

Foreign groups investing in Italy are also benefitting from the positive outlook. According to Expansion<\/em>, for example, Spain\u2019s construction company, Sacyr, is showing its belief that the situation in Italy is worth betting on by getting involved in the building of the Pedemontana Veneta<\/strong> highway (December 1 – Sacyr se dispara en Bolsa a golpe de autopistas<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Automotive<\/strong> \u2013 A great many articles on the automobile sector this week, with Reuters<\/em> writing about the possibility of a new technological partner for FCA<\/strong> (Reuters<\/em>, December 2- Fiat Chrysler CEO says in talks with Hyundai on tech partnership<\/a>) whilst El Mundo<\/em> was celebrating Alfa Romeo\u2019s<\/strong> return to the Formula 1 circuit by writing about the \u201cromantic\u201d story of the Biscione-based car manufacture and its 1950 win of the world title (December 4 – La rom\u00e1ntica historia de Alfa Romeo<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The latest SUVs attracted much attention: both Maserati<\/strong>\u2019s contribution as \u201cthe perfect car for driving around the Italian countryside\u201d (Bloomberg<\/em>, December 2 – The Best Luxury Cars at the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show<\/a>)  and Lamborghini\u2019<\/strong>s much awaited SUV, the fastest of its kind in the world (USA Today<\/em>, December 4 – Lamborghini Joins the Boom in Supercar SUVs<\/a>; Reuters<\/em> , December –  Lamborghini Races After New Customers With First SUV<\/a> ; Bloomberg<\/em>, December 4 – Lamborghini Finally Unveils the $200,000 Urus SUV<\/a>; El Mundo<\/em> December 5 – El nuevo todocamino Urus revoluciona Lamborghini<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Culture<\/strong> \u2013 A cultural offering this week was provided by El Pais <\/em>with an account of the reinterpretation of Monteverdi\u2019s \u201cVespro della Beata Vergine\u201d at the National Auditorium in Madrid (December 4 – El cielo de Claudio Monteverdi<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Fashion<\/strong> \u2013Italian fashion in the US was the subject of an article in Les Echos<\/em> that described Fendi\u2019s <\/strong>10 years of participation in the Miami Design fair and the performance that accompanied its new creations (December 4 – Fendi design, dix ans de Miami vibes<\/a>*) whereas El Pa\u00eds<\/em> chose to focus on the relaunch of  Benetton <\/strong>and how it is once again placing its trust in the \u201cmagic\u201d of Oliviero Toscano (December 4 – Benetton vuelve a pedirle magia a Oliviero Toscani<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Tourism<\/strong> \u2013 With Christmas on the horizon, tourist destinations for the holidays featured in many papers. El Mundo\u2019s<\/em> supplement aimed at its women readers, Yo Dona<\/em>, included the Brenta Dolomites<\/strong> amongst the 15 best  places to \u201cescape to the snow\u201d (December 3 \u2013 Las 15 mejor escapadas a la nieve<\/a>) and if El Pa\u00eds<\/em> suggested readers might like to explore the \u201cenigma\u201d of the Etruscans (December 1 – Viaje al enigma de los etruscos<\/a>), New York Times<\/em> also featured central Italy with photographs taken by fashion designer Marco Zanini in the Marche <\/strong>(November 30 – Marco Zanini Captures His Italian Trip \u2014 in Polaroids<\/a>*) whilst in another article it focused on Pasolini\u2019s Rome<\/strong>, specifically the neighborhood he lived in rather than the areas that featured in his films (November 30 – Pasolini\u2019s Rome: Not the City of His Movies, but of His Life<\/a>). And then the same paper was in Sicily to write about pistachio\u2019s from Bronte<\/strong> (December 1 – Sicily\u2019s Emerald Green Gem: the Bronte Pistachio<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

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